Ray Herbert vs. Craig Lefferts — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Craig Lefferts
Baby BoomersWest GermanyThrows LeftBats LeftEuropeSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Herbert built a career as a starting pitcher and Craig Lefferts as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Herbert led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 130), home run suppression (HR9+ 85 vs 71), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 91). Craig Lefferts held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 91 vs 78). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ray Herbert.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Craig Lefferts

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
1.95
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.13
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.5
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.46
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
0.51
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.29
49.29
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.99
57.99
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.79
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
3.43
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1108
8.7
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.7
8.7
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
0.94
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
571
2.73
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
2.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.19
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.43
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
5.65
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.24
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.11
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8010
38.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4754
37.35
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.35
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.25
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.85
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.61
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.31
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.367
1.367
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
4304
33.81
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.32
38.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Craig Lefferts

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
407
2.08
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
696
5.47
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.18
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
3437
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
1145.2
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.44
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
1.21
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
218
1.71
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
1.65
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.51
56.51
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.47
6.47
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.09
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Craig Lefferts

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
697
2844.9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
147
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
132
538.78
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.357
0.357
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
16
65.31
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
73.39
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
13
53.06
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2
8.16
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3.21
13.1
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
21
85.71
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
17
69.39
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.287
0.287
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
4
16.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
3
12.24
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
6
24.49
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.21
-4.95
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.08
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
261.22
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
2.3
2.3
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
33.94
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
57.14
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Craig Lefferts
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Craig Lefferts
Career
Per 600 PA